garrick from boats

[jackson]

Any body out there with some tips on how to catch garrick from a ski boat of Umgeni River mouth in Durban?

 

[habib]

hi jackson...maybe try the guys in the boating section on sealine....mayb they will have a better idea.
welcome to sealine

 

[Tony Coetzer]

garrick ski-boat trace

 

[Tony Coetzer]

Trawlling for garrick is not for the faint hearted you have to get right into the surf around the mid break zone what you need to do is pin a live shad single hook through the nose or the top jaw and the trebel on the flank of the shad.

When you get into the midbreak flick your live shad towards the shore and leave your reel on free spool as you retreat out the surf to just behind the backline. Trawl your bait in and out of the surf at around 4-8kmph (2-4knots).

When you get a hook up power out of the surf to fight your fish in the safety of being behind the backline useing the boat to set the hook as you power out the surf, dont fish with a loose drag on your reel make it tighter than normalyou must be able to pull line off but not easily.

Hope this helps all you guys  and  

 

Cheers TC

 

[killy]

i heard a story of one boat catching 42 garricks at tugela backline two weeks ago and released none       morons and baboons still exists 

 

[jackson]

THANKS,FOR THE ADVICE,SOUNDS AS IF YOU NEED NERVES OF STEEL AND THE FLATEST SEA IN HISTORY, OTHERWISE MY BUDDY AND I ARE GOING TO A  TAKE A QUICK UNWELCOME TRIP TO SHORE AT UMGENI RIVER MOUTH RATHER THAN LANDING AT THE JETTY INSIDE DURBAN HARBOUR.

HAVE YOU DONE THIS DAREDEVIL STUFF BEFORE?

 

THANKS

 

DAVE 

 

[Tony Coetzer]

dave i do it all the time with alot of success